( 299 ) 



?. Distal margin of forewing convex in middle, not lobed. 



Moore's figure of the specimen is coarse. 



liab. Ceylon. 



Only 1 ? (f '//"') known, in the British Mnsenm. 



r, ('. (Icculor ciiroii snl)sj». nov 



?. Larger than the Indian forms, broader winged, more (dayish, head and 

 thorax somewhat olivaceons, lobe R' of forewing less prominent than in der. decolor, 

 Vaginal plate (PI. XVII. f. 11) mncb broader distally. 



Hah. Milne Bay, Brit. New Guinea. 



One ? in the Tring Mnsenm, Dec. ISflS (A. S. Meek). 



LXXVI. SMERINTHULUS.— Typus : qwidripinirtatus. 



Sinei-iiiili !(.•', Moore {mm Latreille, 1802), Proc. Zonl. Sot-. Loud. p. 508 (1872). 



Mimas, Butler {mm Hiibner, 1822), ibid. p. 310 (1876). 



'friplof/oii, id. {inDi IJoisduval, 1875), Trans. ZooJ. Soc. Lnnd. ix. p. 588 (1877) (partim). 



Mtiriimbd, Kii-by («..» Jloore, 1882), Cat. Lep. Met. i. p. 707 (1802). 



Dilina, id. {mm Dalman, 181G), I.e. p. 709 (1892). 



Ci/pa, Hampson [noii Walker, 1804), in Blanf., Faiimi Brit. Ind., Moths i. p. 71 (1892). 



•imeriiitlndiiis Huwe, Berl. Ent. Zeilxchr. xl. p. .S70 (1895) (type : quadripmietali(s). 



c? ? . Differs from Ci/pa in the following characters: tongne not tuberculose 

 near base. Pilifer vestigial, with few scales or bristles, or naked. p]nd-segment of 

 antenna short, triangular in side-view, penultimate segment longer than in C;/i>u, 

 antennae of ? with prolonged ciliae ; eighth tergite of <S with a brush of prolonged 

 scales at the sides and at end, appearing trilobate. Penis-sheath without armature. 

 S(!- and R' of hind wing stalked or not. 



Early stages not known. 



Hub. China, North India to Borneo and Java. 



Six species. 



Key to the species : 



a. SC^ and R' of hindwing on a long stalk . . h. 



8C^ and R^ of hindwing not stalked . 258. -S'. chiiiensi.s. 



b. Hindwing with a blackish shadowy post- 



discal band; forewing (c?) with large 

 creamy postdiscal patch ; postdiscal 

 line of underside not prominent . 254. S. percersa. 

 Hindwing without a blackish shadowy 



postdiscal band ..... c 



c. Mesothoracic tegula with a large yellow 



patch ; hindwing brown-black . 257. S. dohrni. 



Mesothoracic tegula without yellow patch . e. 



d. Forewing above with a triangular l)rown- 



edged subapical costal patch . . 259. S. (?) decoratus. 

 Forewing above without a triangular 



brown-edged subapical costal patch . 250. S. qtiadripitiictatiiH, and 



255. S. terraneu. 



